Ray Horner Show

Vaccines are now available for everyone above the age of five, and at the same time, vaccine boosters are being distributed. However, there is still concern over COVID-19, and northern states are experiencing upticks in cases due to the cold weather forcing people indoors.

Dr. Rob McGregor is the Chief Medical Officer at Akron Children's Hospital, and he joined the Ray Horner Morning Show to discuss his concerns ahead of next week's Thanksgiving holiday and how his staff has held up since the spread of the Delta variant. While many concerns over the virus have revolved around the elderly and infirmed, Dr. McGregor touched on the risks children can experience with the disease. He also talked about the efficacy of the vaccines for children, and did his part to assure parents of the vaccine's safety.

In recent years, and especially since the protests and riots of 2020, the job of a police officer is not in high demand. Recruitment across the country is down, and many current officers are either waiting until their pensions kick in or just quitting altogether.

Clay Cozart is the president of Akron's Fraternal Order of Police, and he joined the Ray Horner Morning Show to talk about how recruitment is extremely tough in Akron, and how calls for defunding or even abolishing police departments have caused major issues in hiring. Cozart talked about the low pay for these positions compared to the danger of the job, and how departments can get some more funding going forward.

Robert Dodaro - Prism Wealth Management

Donna Skoda - Summit County Health Commissioner

Dr. Richard Londraville - Biologist, University of Akron

Dr. Thomas File, who is an Infectious Disease Specialist at Summa Health in Akron, and the former President of the Infectious Disease Society of America, explains why getting young children, ages 5-11 vaccinated against COVID-19 is an important step forward in reducing hospitalizations and deaths for both children and adults. In addition, he talked to us about how the MRNA technology that is at the heart of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines works, and why it can help us fight a number of other diseases as well.

Summit County Health Commissioner, Donna Skoda explains why they're only doing COVID vaccinations for young children, ages 5-11 by appointment, while they still continue drive through vaccinations for older children and adults. In addition, she also talks about how testing for COVID right at the beginning of your symptoms can give you a false negative, because the virus hasn't had time to build up enough in your system to show up on the test. Find out more, listen now.

Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley, a Democrat, wants to be Ohio's next Governor.

But so do a lot of other people, including Cincinnati's Democratic Mayor, John Cranley, incumbent Republican Governor, Mike DeWine, and two other Republican candidates so far; former Congressman, Jim Renacci, and Joe Blystone, who is a farmer from Canal Winchester.

Listen now, to Jeanne Destro’s conversation with Whaley, to find out why the Mayor who may be “Great in Dayton” thinks she has what it takes to be the first Democrat to take back the Governor’s seat, since 2011.

Renters are often stuck between a rock and a hard place. If they push their landlords for needed repairs; they could end up on the street, without an affordable place to live.

But if they don't say anything; they may be forced to live in sub-standard, and sometimes even dangerous conditions.

But, there is a third choice, and that's where Community Legal Aid comes in. They can help renters stay in their homes, while at the same time taking either individual, or collective legal action to get their landlords to obey the law, and provide them with decent living conditions.

In fact, as you’ll hear in Jeanne Destro’s interview with Legal Aid Managing Attorney, John Petit; that’s exactly what is happening right now with a group of East Akron apartment residents who have banded together to form a “Tenant’s Union”.

Jeanne Destro talks to author, Jim Detert, about his new book, "Choosing Courage: The Everyday Guide to Being Brave at Work".